Month: July 2022

How to Find the Perfect Startup Niche

Millions of would-be entrepreneurs dream of the opportunity to launch a successful startup. But before you spend your first dollar or land your first client, you need to find a niche for your business. It’s not enough to have a good idea, nor is it enough to have a solid team or an overflow of

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Meta launches Music Revenue Sharing to let creators include licensed music in their 60+ second Facebook videos and earn a 20% share of in-stream ad revenue (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta launches Music Revenue Sharing to let creators include licensed music in their 60+ second Facebook videos and earn a 20% share of in-stream ad revenue  —  Meta announced today that creators on Facebook can now earn money through their Facebook videos that use licensed music.

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How to enable spatial audio on PC and Mac

Credit: Adam Molina / Android Authority Spatial audio lets you experience surround sound through a pair of headphones. It’s a pretty exciting experience, but how do you enable it on a PC or Mac? We’ve created an easy-to-follow guide to get you up and running. Both operating systems have built-in spatial audio implementations, but if

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50-Year-Old 8-Track Changer Repair and Hack

For reasons still unclear, [Techmoan] has procured an RCA 8-track changer that holds five tape cartridges in a custom carrier. It somewhat works, but had a bit of mechanical issues here and there which needed some maintenance. Additionally, the player is designed for the US market and 60 Hz mains, but [Techmoan] is in the

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EA is bringing back Juventus for FIFA 23

One of the biggest clubs in the world is coming back to EA Sports’ FIFA games. Today, EA announced a “multi-year partnership” with Juventus that will once again see the Italian side featured in the developer’s wildly popular soccer video games. The deal will start with FIFA 23, which launches on September 30th. Juventus had

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How to change the keyboard on an iPhone

What keyboard you use on your iPhone is extremely important. After all, it’s what you will be using to communicate with people, so you need a keyboard that is easy, convenient, and comfortable to use. It should also be customized to your exact specifications, so you have all the features you need literally at your

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Q&A with Microsoft corporate VP Charles Lamanna on low-code/no-code tools and the Power Platform, which he says has 7M MAUs and grew its revenue 72% YoY to $2B+ (Aisha Counts/Protocol)

Aisha Counts / Protocol: Q&A with Microsoft corporate VP Charles Lamanna on low-code/no-code tools and the Power Platform, which he says has 7M MAUs and grew its revenue 72% YoY to $2B+  —  Despite the fact that enterprise tech is still trying to figure out exactly where it fits, Charles Lamanna is all in on

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China asks 100 companies operating in Shenzhen, including Foxconn, Huawei, and ZTE, to operate in a “closed loop” for seven days to combat a COVID-19 outbreak (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: China asks 100 companies operating in Shenzhen, including Foxconn, Huawei, and ZTE, to operate in a “closed loop” for seven days to combat a COVID-19 outbreak  —  China has forced some of its biggest companies, including iPhone maker Foxconn and oil producer CNOOC Ltd. …

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Chipotle courts the gullible with a crypto game

Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Our fearless leader, Nilay Patel, sent me an article about Chipotle accepting cryptocurrency for payment earlier this year. I did think about writing something to troll my cryptocurrency-hating editor who loves Chipotle, but then Elon Musk did some manner of nonsense, and I forgot. Chipotle did pay $25

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Bitfinex and Tether partner with P2P infrastructure developer Hypercore to launch the Holepunch protocol and peer-to-peer encrypted video calling app Keet (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Bitfinex and Tether partner with P2P infrastructure developer Hypercore to launch the Holepunch protocol and peer-to-peer encrypted video calling app Keet  —  – Bitfinex and Tether have launched Keet: a peer-to-peer video calling app.  — The two companies have invested $10 million to date …

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London-based Altruistiq, which offers SaaS tools to help companies analyze and reduce their carbon emissions, raised a £15M seed led by Molten Ventures (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: London-based Altruistiq, which offers SaaS tools to help companies analyze and reduce their carbon emissions, raised a £15M seed led by Molten Ventures  —  Eschewing the carbon counting and trading, London’s Altruistiq is going it’s own way and targeting the traditional bad actors …

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Apple announces a rare retail discount for the iPhone 13 Pro series, select AirPods, and Watches in China between July 29 and August 1 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Apple announces a rare retail discount for the iPhone 13 Pro series, select AirPods, and Watches in China between July 29 and August 1  —  Apple Inc. announced a rare retail promotion in China on Monday, offering four days of discounts on its top-tier iPhones and related accessories in advance …

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A profile of crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, who has amassed ~1.5M subscribers on YouTube by offering jargon-filled advice on cryptocurrencies (Steven Zeitchik/Washington Post)

Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post: A profile of crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, who has amassed ~1.5M subscribers on YouTube by offering jargon-filled advice on cryptocurrencies  —  Ben Armstrong is one of a handful of influencers who have gained huge followings by offering advice on cryptocurrency.

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